Garment hanger



u 9, 1953 w. H. SMITH 12,641,392

' GARMENT HANGER Filed 001;. l, 1951 F76. .5- 4 10/41/41 A! SM/nv Patented June 9, 1953 UNITED STATES ore-ice:

, 2,641,392- GARMENT HANGER william flzsmith, Evanston, 111? 7 Application '0 ember-1, 1951; serial 2 19;67:5-

el-aims. (olazt's s "invention 're l'atesto a garment hanger for different articles of 'a'pp'arel. Moreparticularly it "deals with such hangers especially adalatedfbi suits of either men or women. y

'Itis an object of this invention to provide "a simple, efficient, effective and economic garment hangerro suits which will maintain the pressed form" of the garments unwrinkled and smooth.

Another object is to provide a garmenthan'g'e'r on-whieh may "be'supported "coats, trousersand skirts, separately or together, including [capacity ro'rarn'n' suitense'rnble, the parts of whichare supported with sufficient lo'oseness so that they will remain-ventila1iet1IPher'eby avoiding stumness in appearance "or "the "entrainment of 0bjectiorfable odors."

Another object is to provide a compact garment suit hanger which is convenient to use, easyto'handle and 'to 'aek'when'out 'ofu'se; and which aids in' xnaintaining a natty dressed appearance for the one using it, and to support and transport suits in a ready-'to-wear condition.

Generally speaking, the garment hanger of this 'irw'enticincomprises a' triangular-shaped wire frame at the apex of which is a hook and along the base of which are a pair of spaced relatively horizontal and springy members having upwardly extending loops of different configurations over which the cuffs of trousers or the belt loops of trousers or skirts may be hung; one cuff being hung on one side of the hanger and the other cuff of the other leg being hung on the other side of the hanger. The resiliency or springy character of the horizontal portions maintains the width of the pant legs stretched while being suspended on the hanger.

The above mentioned and other features and objects of this invention and the manner of attaining them are given more specific disclosure in the following description of an embodiment of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing, wherein;

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of an embodiment of the garment hanger of this invention with fragmentary showings of apparel being supported thereon;

Fig. 2 is a partial plan view of the more rigid or upper portion of the support of the hanger shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the more rigid or 4 upper portion of the support shown in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the horizontally extending portions of slightly springy character extending between the lower ends of the more rigid or upper port on 'i 'i i a, with the "major part orsara' thei in .tibn brokenaiva Fig."5is a"'s'ide e1ei/"ation""of the right half of the pair of lower or horizontally extending portions, with dotted uses-"rashes the "springy character and how thhorizontall'y" extending portions may bedistoifted; and I i Fig. 6 i'sa-perspetiv'e view'of the hanger shown in Fig. 1 "without" garments being supported her 4 The jsp'eci'ficembodirrient or this invention dis-jclo'sed' "in "the drawin s comprises a "lower '"rlgid upper portion which maybe made of a'single piec'e brmere rigid wir'eben lat 'it'sbenter back against itself to farm-erect y hoo ,f being sepaiate'din wo open its 'extndingfs es 2 "of "anobtus" tr angle formin"the' shoulders supports for "a coat typegarm'm' ii'zitl' its jester ends being rounded at 3 andbent'inwa'rdly to for hort tips or"endsrrsee'nigs. sense)- Theb'th rpbrtmntr tl'r hanger" more resilient wiremeifiterfs 'rnal'ly horizontal m-sositidn iwhibhfextendb 'en the ends'4 na are-sweed ty' t-He thickness of the'wii e "in the ends 4, being Welded or soldered at 5 integral with said ends as shown in Fig. 4. These horizontal portions are symmetrical about their center and comprise from each end extending inwardly: relatively vertical loop hooks 6 which are spaced apart at least the thickness of the wire portion 4 as shown in Fig. 4, then extend relatively horizontal straight sections 1 to another type of offset and wider upstanding loops 8, such as shown in Figs. 1 and 5, having straight tops and sides sloping toward the adjacent ends 4, so as to fit into the corners of the cuffs of trousers as will be described later. The four offset loops 8 are connected together by other horizontal straight sections 9, normally in alignment with the sections 1, which sections 9 are divided at their centers by the center line ID of the hanger assembly, sothat all of the loops and portions of the resilient part of the hanger are symmetrical about the center line H].

When the central portion 9 is shifted toward the hook portion I into the dotted line position I l shown in Fig. 5, it can be seen that the lower portions of the loop hooks 6 are widened while the upper portions of the loops 8 are spread apart towards the bends 3 of the hanger, thereby tensioning any trouser cuff l2 held between two adjacent loops 8 on the same horizontal resilient member, which tensioning also tensions the width of the trouser leg l3 upon which the cuff is formed (see Fig. 1). Thus, with the cufi of one leg of the trousers being hooked over the pair of loops 8 on one side of the hanger, the inside of the cuff of the other leg of the trousers may be hooked over the other pair of loops 8 on the other side of the hanger, so that the trousers will hang loose and unwrinkled as well a being stretched in their width due to the resiliency of the horizontal wire portions 6, 1, 8 and 9.

The common hanger of the present invention is also adapted for carrying trousers and skirts in another manner, namely by their belt loops I4 around their waists, which belt loops may be slipped over the narrow vertically extending loopv hooks 6 at each end on either side, or both. sides, of the hanger as shown in Fig. 1. l5 which does not have cuffs but dQeShavel-belt loops l4, may be supported by the ,hangeror this invention, as well as trousers which may be supported either by their cuffs or by their belt loops. If more than one pair of trousers is to be placed on the hanger, suchcanbe donebyhookingone pair onto the loops8,..while,theotherpair may be hooked by their belt; loops onto the loop hooks 6., a

, On the same hanger, and over the skirt and/or trousers, may be hung the coat I 6 with its shoulders resting upon the sloping sideslof the more rigid and upper support, portion of the hanger as shown in Fig; 1. Thus, the skirt l5 and/or trousers l3 hang freely inside of the coatjfi, all of which ar loosely, neatly, andsmoothly supported by the singlegarment hangerofthisinvention. i 1

While there is described above the principles of this invention in connection with specific apparatus, it is to be clearly understood that this description is made only by way of example and not as a limitation to the scope of this invention.

. What is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a central suspending hook, a pair of downwardly diverging shoulder supporting portions and a pair of parallel similar cross members secured to th outer extremities of said shoulder supporting portions,

Thus, a skirt said cross members having adjacent each of their ends upwardly projecting fingers adapted for engaging belt loops of garments and the section of each cross member between said fingers having a pair of upwardly extending loops in the same plane as said fingers, said loop diverging with respect to each other and having open bottoms and aligned horizontal top sections, whereby said loops are adapted to be inserted in the cufi's of trousers, the fingers and divergingportions of one cross member'being coplanar and parallel to the fingers and diverging portions of the other cross member.

2, A hanger according to claim 1 wherein said cross members are resilient.

.J3JIJ'A hanger according to claim 1 made of wire,

saidpair of. parallel similar cross members being made of more resilient wire than said hook and downwardly diverging shoulder supporting portions. ,4. A garment hangercomprising a. central suspending ho'o'kfa pair of "downwardlydiverging shoulder, supporting: portions, and a pair or, par allel spaced similar resilient Jwire cross-members secured at their ends'fnear the outer extremities of said shoulder supporting portions and at said ends closing the space between said members, each of said' members havinga'pair of upwardly projecting inverted U-shaped loops with horizon-' tal jtop sections, said loops"beingisymmetrically spaced each side of the center of 'said' member and being connected by a horizontal section of said member downwardlyoffset fromsaidtop sec.- tions, said loops being adapted to engage portions of garments thrust thereover. I j" V 1 WILLIAMv H. SMITH.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number 7 Name 7 Date 1,970,009 Linneman -Aug,. 14, 1934 

